Insert holder for commodity control devices



May 18 ,'1926. Y

A. L. SALTZMAN INSERT HOLDER FOR COMMODITY CONTROL DEVICES Filed Feb. l2, 1921 2 Sheecs-Sheefl l Y flcmmg May 18,1926. 1 1,584,995

A. l... SALTZMAN INSERT HOLDER FOR COMMODITY CONTROL DEVICES Filed Feb. 12, 1921 2 sheets-shea EEE?. 5l 2@ Z2 W 42511616 L. 'a/Zz man atmmg ldatented May 18, 1933.

Uhll'iE 'OLFEEQE AUGUSTE L. SALTZIVIAN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSGNOR TO HARRY RUSSELL BRAND, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

INSERT HOLDER FOR COMMODXTY CONTROL DEVICES.

Application filed February This invention pertains to check and paper holders for use in connection With commodity control devices, being applicable to any and all uses, and in any and all 'machines of such general character.

The present invention has, for its object, amongst others, to provide meansfor carrying a card or the like, adapted to receive impressions thereupon or designations therethrough or tliereinto, Whose physical properties 'are such as to render it unsuitable in certain aspects for coa-@tion with other means ,in functional performances.

fr further object of the invention, is, to provide means for definite registration between the carrier or holder and its contained material, and also with coacting mechanisms for successive performances or for the recognition of performances, or records previously made thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide means of identification of the holder and to utilize these means in cooperation with` suitable means in the machines with Which it is used, to make an identifying record each time the carrier 'is used as an actuator.

The present invention is designed more particularly for use as a holder or protecting frame for an insert of paper or other material, as Well as to provide substantial n'ieans for operating mechanisms,

to provide means to `cooperate with these actuated mechanisms for detachably maintaining the holder in the machine for a desired period of operations, to provide a permanent article for use both for successive operations with and on the same insert or for a. like purpose With successive inserts and to carry identifying means to be used, when desired, in recording each time the holder performs itsv actuating function. It is designed for use in connection With the insert so as to obviate all liability of inaccuracies or failure to properly function as is liable to happen if the paper or the like is used separately owing to the tendency of such materials to buckle and crease.

They device with its insert is designed pri# certainv functions of Which perform on theinsert; v

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marily for use in connection With recording and totalizing mechanisms and allied appliances, and to combine in the one device the function of check holder and actuator for the mechanisms with which it is used.

he holder serves also in lieu of a key, as

has heretofore been proposed for the pur pose of actuating' a mechanism and for recording the identity of such an appliance, and enables one to clearly dispense With the employment of such key. Y i. machine of such general character is described and illustrated in the copending application of H. R. Brand, Serial Number 283,817, filed Feb. 29, 1919.

As a particular example of use or adaptation, the invention is intended as a frame for a guest check in restaurant, on which check is listed the commodity' orders and the itemized prices therefor, and which check is variously handled during the time it serves its purpose.

The invention has for its further object to provide simple and eliicient means for centering the check or paper to keep'y it in proper alignment and to detachably lock the insert in such aligned position; provision also being made to facilitate the entry of the paper into the holder, and to insure the presentation of the holder in propeiposition to the machine which it actuates and with which it cooperates.

(lt-her objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, some of the most eiiicient of which only l have chosen to herein illustrate.

Referring to the drawings in which such forms are shoWn Figure l is a top plan vievv of my iniproved check holder.

Figure 2 is the enlarged transverse section through the same as on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a transverse .section as on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is an end vieW.

insert d in the holder. a transverse section showing a i View or" the term shown ortions broken away. seetion on the line 9-9 of of reference indicate like several views.

tand 2 consists ot an upper plate l and a lower plate 2, disposed in parallelism with a slight space 8 between them and spaced at opposite edges by 'suitable strips 3 and Ll, the upper and lower plates and the spacing strips being united by suitable means such as rivets or the like 5 as seen in Figures l and 2. rlhis forms a unitary structure and constitutes what may be termed a skeleton trame or holder having the openingsand 6 in the respective plates l and 2 through which the check or other paper is to be displayed when in use.

rllhe holder is closed at one end by suitable means such as an intermediate strip l preferably of substantially the same thickness as the strips 3 and el, and thus preserving' the space 8. rlhis space at the closed end has therein a projection 9, preferably partot' the strip 7, and which is shown as having inclined faces to cooperate With a similarly sha1 ed notch l0 in the end of an insert or check ll, which is carried in the space 8, see Figure G, This serves as an abutment for the insert ll and also acts to center the check as it is placed in position and to keep the latter in proper alignment.

The holder thus formed is provided alongone edge With the multiplicity oic perforations 12, see Figures l and 6, which perforations are preferably equally spaced apart and extend through both the upper and lower plates for a purpose which will be hereinafter described, and as will be readily understood in reference to Figure 2.

As a means ot compelling the proper presentation oi' the holder to the machine with which it is used, as hereinafter described; and in order to strengthen the holder which it is designed to construct of sufficiently light and thin material, such, for instance, as sheet metal or it may be sulliciently rigid celluloid or indurated fibre or the like, I form the loir-fer plate with longitudinal belges 13, as .een clearly in Figure 2, the perforations to extend through the coincit bulge as is also clearly illus rated in s latter feature is deemed iml e bulge not only serves the tunctioris hereinbefore mentioned, but it also Lee-1,995

provides ttor clearance of the material either removed upset from the insert or check when it is operated upon by the punches or equivalent devices in the machine in which it is used.

'lhe longitudinally disposed ridges 'i3 ou either side reach oit the frame are or difterent sizes, as appears from l and 2, so as to cooperate with similarly shaped parts in the cooperating machine, and Wil always insure the correct positioning ot the holder in the cooperating` machine.

rEhe hoder may be satisfactorily for il et a s` "fece oit material and such torn: ho. illustrated in Figures 7 und iper and lower members ll and are Sil t 1G and e 18 l ling' rcce'itio ln this ,form the are present and il 'fied in the upper u coincident lower bulge.

I l .i being sent as i ges and a abutting coges ot the material in able way so to hold them in p insure sullicient rigidity to the hoi seen in Figures 3 and 9, the entrance any sui ILD to the opcnino 8 may have one tace Harel- 10'" as seen z facilitate entry ot the insert or check.

in order to further acilit: entrd and guidance the in end Wall ot' the opening in cent to 'the closed end may be inch tively to the es ot the holder, ai

i piece as shown in Figures i, 8 t C end and the i. 26 in El i .er `.bly at or near the elo; v

Fis" l. and 3.. operate u'itl i' ing ot the s.,v 'Y

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r in Figs l, 6 and 8. lllheu the holder is const uc '1 metal el; one end is folded in abut l ,.fojecfion.

gares 8 and 9 to center t check when it is inserted.

Dret holder there is provided a s opening f3?. i A

'tei-red to. irhi the holder in a operations on Y @t the opposite cud or the hold yidciil a sprirgv locking' par-Jl 28 be formed by stamping out 'trom 'rial ol which th hoer l'oi beine; d iu place, it

or proies ii,

t e holder, es will he readily understood in reterence to rieure S, ifi,- oeing understood that ti inw eithe` he igiunctured hy the or cnr ied in on Q9, the check or peper is inserted fr .fr in the holder, being` opposi e edges hy the spacing or o f oit the upper oi the holder, the one cheek being; disposed in ciment with end between the openings oi the upper end lower members or" the holder as will he readily understood in reference to Figures l und G. Tir-:s positioned, the insert or checlr is in position to he printed upon and also to he perlioreted hy punches or other perforatine ineens emph yed in the machine in con-- nection With which the present device is de-A signed tor use, when the holder hes actuated the seid machine. By reason ot the pertoreleing extended o-ngh the lov-5er tions t Y niemher ot the holder the reces oi. peper reupset portions close engagement with the depress In use.

moved 'trom the heck or the u when punctured re out tica-liv taken eure ot that they will not interi with the ready reinovol t the cheer' after the C.. somo hes been p rio ated. T he insert is ned es n ehecl' for use in the restaurant lustry inl may have thereon any desired arrangement ot printing;`

or other inc icin.

ln order to turther'-ucihtete the insertion ot the check or peper,l l may round or bevel the entrance edges of the .edge spacing mefins y 3 and /lr as seen at 30 in Figure l.

is will he seen upon reference toigures l and 5, the el; We f" seing; strins 3 and l terminette et e die from the closed oi the holder nrovidmw lateral t utlets 3l at one or h th sides or the hein-er this point in dust or order to provide for cleeraf other entrnneous inette chance @wenn 1hr find thus interfere A me ot' the insert 8 Wit-hin the Holder Tl. Upon reference to Figure Q, it Wil he noed ihet the bulpjes et the opposite sides oi? he hoider are ot unequal Widths and are ranged et diterent distances liom the ediecent edges of the holder, nu is, the bulge one edge isstz enter distance from this outer et or the holder than is the other 'from its enter el; ;e, these tv-:o tee-- tures h enig` or e purpose ot insuring the proper n "y ot the holder into e suitably Li shaped opening in the machines with which it is used. ,Y ie helder thus 'formed cannot be erroneously or incorrectly entered into suchen op ning, and it en attempt be mede to enter the holder Wrong-end foremost, or bottomside up, even in the dark, it will he :it once mede evident that the holde is not L. in its proper positirm with reletifm to such mening.

it the closed end or" the holder and preterehly in the recess S2 therein, l have erement disposed in the machine or devce ith which the holder is designed for use.

Thus, for example, when the holder is in the possession or" a particular person, es e sulesmen or a Weiter Ylor exemple, the type or other marking ineens 8 may identity th partie-mer salesmen or Weiter, and will thus malte e record Within the cooperating device of all the sales or transactions of the salesmen, Weiter, or other person.

The Jforegoing are given merely es er;- emples ot ome of the most e'fcient Veys ot 1"ctir g my holder, but merely hy wey for it. evident that the ininhetore set Yforth, is o chenees, verietions and moditications in roportion of peres, ete., Without de rom the invention or secricingl any rei :t

-t ges, l therefore do not intend to restr nysel'i' to the particular construetion her inhetore desorihet, but reserve thY right to malte such changes, variations end modiiicati ns as come properly Within the scope of the protection prayed.

ll'het is cleimec` es new is A hol ler tor the purpose described, the

having meins for receiving and hold- 'nserg'meuns lier centrelziig the inarovisions to prevent improper presen- .i oit the insert, and means permittingl n eens to Contact with such ne" for the purpose r end lovver me l space and o. cent l prey ot 'un insert and one ol' members luufingl projeoti. portions to sure proper presentation or the holder to device with which it is to he used.

23 holder Ytor the purp se comprising described, u )ner end lower members with seid nrrihers heil outward projections to insure proper presentation ot the holder to the device with vvhic 1 it is to he used.

g provided with er. fr holder 'for the purpose desrih' eon'iprising upper end louer 5: with s space therebetween to receive en insert 1 7 one el" said memuers being provided uitu outward pi ]ectu ns to insure proper presentation ot the holder to the device With which it is to he used, the upper end lower members being srovided at one marginal edge with pertorations extended through said project-ion.

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me an open from u holCe 1s L je ted megane Wm the 1f e "rv yelntaon to the m mg machin the ier holding) that the holder sented togethe.' the cooperating' means tolmy 'usert to the cooperatmg ing means on @ne hode' trzmsaeton in the cooperating ma Le gudeways foy rton with succe ting meohne ahw f' relatively thereto.

testimony whereof 

